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\l u MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, AND CAMPANILE, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 
I STS1 RPASSED LMONG PUBLIC BUILDINGS. COST S2.000.000— AND WORTH IT. 
I ill. I NIQUE I l \ I i RE of the group is the CAMPANILE reaching skyward 300 feel and of which any 
city might justly be proud I ilevators will carry visitors to t he landings, from which grand views can be enjoyed ol the 
unequalled Co J alley. 

I I ■ en vi( ■■■ printed in this booklet show you this Brand panorama just as the camera reflects it. 

COME TO SPRINGFIELD, M LSSACHUSETTS, THE HIV OF PROGRESS AND 
-i I SOME! HING WORTH WHILE." 



Ctyc p>icttircjfquc City 

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A series of forty views showing the picturesque side of this "City of Homes" — the features that make Springfield 
so attractive as a residential city and the mecca for pleasure seekers. 

GEORGE S. GRAVES, Publisher, 21 Besse Place, Springfield, Mas3. 
Copyright WIS, by George S. Graves. 'All rights reserved. TEN CENTS A COPi r . 



MASSACHUSETTS LEADS ALL STATES 

in the proportion of highways improved and SPRINGFIELD is the central point of its most picturesque region. 
A clean progressive city of 100,000 population, and growing about 5,000 a year. 

THE BEAUTIFUL CONNECTICUT RIVER is Springfield's greatest physical asset and is enjoyed by more 
people than any other one recreation spot in Western New England. Coursing 375 miles through four states from 
Canada to Long Island Sound no portion of it is any more picturesque than the five miles of its tree-lined shores that 
make up Springfield's water front. 

600 ACRES OF PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS Park superintendents estimate that any self respecting 
city should have one acre of park land for every 200 residents. Springfield has an acre for every 170 residents. 

ITS FOREST PARK reached by trolley in ten minutes from busy Main Street has about 500 acres, a natural 
park with fifteen miles of roads and paths winding through the woods and valleys by rippling brooks and transparent 
lakes. OVER 50 SMALL PARKS are scattered throughout the city. 

150 MILES OF TREE LINED STREETS furnish the setting for model homes and for pleasant drives. 

ITS PICTURESQUE TROLLEY RIDES. Our model street railway radiates 137 miles through the Connec- 
ticut Valley where can be found over 100 lakes and streams, beautiful hills, bold mountains and pleasant resorts. 

TO RIVERSIDE PARK by steamer or trolley. Three miles below Springfield on the Connecticut River in a 
grove of fragrant pines is Springfield's most popular resort. It is the mecca for church and society picnics, nearly 
every fraternal society in this region using Riverside Grove for an annual outing. Its clambakes are famous, 40,000 
people go there in a single day — a million people went there in the season of 1912. 

Come to Picturesque Springfield, the Showplace of Western New England 



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NEW A I DITORI1 \l ' 'I Ml NICIPAL GROUP. 

In ii - CLASSIC \ I DITORI1 M Springfield has oi t the finest places oi assemblage in the world Seating 

4,500 people and with 22,000 square feel oi exhibition room, it offers convention facilities supei anj New I i 

land citj outside oi Boston. 

01 I: \i MEROUS RAILROADS WD FINE HOTELS offer abundant and good accommodations for 
thousands, 

Till. I W I.I A i; THEATRES and amusement places are of a high class. Its big stores arc the equal of those 

- cities. 



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LEGAL CENTER OF PICTURESQUE SPRINGFIELD. 




HAMPDEN COUNTY COURT HOUSE as recently enlarged, and HALL OF RECORDS. 
Located on Elm Street at southwest corner of Court Square. 

The tower 150 feet high is modeled after the Pallazzo Vecchio at Florence, Italy. The Hall of Records on the 
right was added in 1910, and in 1911 the wing on the left was put on to take care of the County's increasing business 



SPRINGFIELD'S CONVERSATION CENTER. 




STEAK XS SQUARE and TELEPHONE BUILDING 
Situated just olT from Main Street between Bridge and Main Streets, this is a busier spot than "Busy Main 
Street," for over 100,000 "Helios" are heard here every week day. 



THINK WHAT YOU OWE "THE TELEPHONE GIRL." 



The telephone girl sits still in her chair 
And listens to voices from everywhere, 
She hears all the gossip, she hears all the news. 
She knows who is happy, and who has the blues; 
She knows all our sorrows, she knows all our joys; 
She knows every girl who is chasing the boys; 
She knows of our troubles, she knows of our strife 
She knows every man who is mean to his wife; 
She knows every time we are out with the boys, 
She hears the excuses each fellow employs; 
She knows every woman that has a dark past. 
She knows every man that is inclined to be fast; 
In fact there's a secret 'neath each saucy curl 
Of that quiet, demure looking telephone girl. 
If the telephone girl would tell all she knows 
It would turn half our friends into bitterest foes; 
She'd sow a small wind that would soon be a gale, 
And engulf us in trouble and land us in jail, 
She would let go a story (which gaining in force) 
Would cause half our wives to sue for divorce; 
She would get all the churches mixed up in a fight 
And turn all our days into sorrowing nights, 
In fact, she would keep all the world in a stew, 
If she told a tenth part of the things she knew. 
Now doesn't it set your head in a whirl 
When you think what you owe the telephone girl? 




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SPRINGFIELD has 16,000 telephones and 225 direct toll lines to 40 cities and towns. 100,000 calls are made 
daily through the central switchboard on which are 15,000 tiny electric lights. There are 350 local employees, and 
30,000 miles of wire in the city. A Million Dollars is invested in buildings and equipment. We are at the top in per 
capita use of "Hello." 



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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM THE MUNICIPAL TOWER. 




View over Court Square to Court Square Theatre Building, Massachusetts Mutual Life Building, Masonic 
Temple, Smith & W< on Pistol Factory, Stair Street Baptist Church, The South Church and Crescent Hill, one of 
the highest points in Springfield, and where are located some of its finest residences. 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM THE MUNICIPAL TOWER. 




View over busy Main Street at Court Square, looking to Armory Hil! and .United .States Arsenal. Prominent 
in this view can be seen the City Library, St. Michaels Church, Wesson Hospital, and manyjother important buildings 
in the educational and religious center. State Street leading on to Boston is in the.center of this view. 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM THE MUNICIPAL TOWER. No. 3 




Vn « over buisy Main Street from Harrison Avenue to Worthington Street, looking to Mt. Tom 
\i mi Northern gatewai ro Springfield. From Mt. Tom's Summit is seen im finest cultivated landscape 

i in. II Mi FROM any HEIGHT IN THE WORLD. 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM THE MUNICIPAL TOWER. No. 4 




View to Upper West Springfield across the Connecticut River. On the distant hills at the righl are the grounds 
of the Springfield Country Club. In the foreground is seen the new Broadway Theatre and Myrick Building. Be- 
yond is the United States Envelope Factory. 

This view with the five following show the course of the Connecticut River about six miles from the Northern 
limits of Springfield South to Riverside Grove, also the steamers that carry you there. 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM THE MUNICIPAL TOWER. No. 5 




View to West Springfield iirmss the ( 'onneet ieut Hivcr showing t hf old Toll Bridge, built in 1816, and Boston 
<t Albany Railroad Bridge. Beyond West Springfield is the beautiful hill country ending in the noted Berkshire 

Mountains 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM THE MUNICIPAL TOWER. No. 6 




View to Connecticut River at Court Square Extension. The Agawam Meadows in the background. This is 
Springfield's Harbor, and the headquarters for boating and canoeing. Where the Steamers Sylvia and Zita Mae take 
on thousands for the enjoyable sail to Riverside Grove. Over 200 power boats and sail boats are anchored here. 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM THE MUNICIPAL TOWER. No. 7 




The Connecticut River from State Streel South, looking to the westerly entrance of Forest Park. Three miles 
beyond the bend in the river is Riverside Park, the city's most popular pleasure resort. The crowds on the Sylvia 
and Zila Mae that run to the park can tell yon all about it. 



VIEW FROM LONG HILL SOUTH TO LONGMEADOW BLUFFS. When the proposed dam and new 
canal at Windsor Locks is a reality you will see this steamer crowded with Hartford people coming to visit or to live 
in Picturesque and Progressive Springfield. 




AT RIVERSIDE PARK 

View from landing to the grove Of fragrant pines, where a million people went in the season of 1912. 10,000 



come here in a day. 




AT RIVERSIDE PARK. 
The charming vista seen from the grove looking to Connecticut River. At the left is the new pavilion and 
grounds for clambakes. No better bake can be had than is served here. 3,000 persons can be served at one sitting. 




© Geo. S. Graves 



AT RIVERSIDE PARK. 
With the crowd on "The Midway." At the left ia a new leading feature, "THE PANAMA CANAL "- 
crowded every minute. The dancing pavilion at the end is always busy. 




AT RIVERSIDE PARK. 
The giant coaster, the greatest thriller in this region. Always a crowd waiting for a ride. 



IN THE HILLS OF WEST SPRINGFIELD. 




THE COUNTRY CLUB of Springfield and its picturesque environment. ( >n a lull at the left are the Club 
Grounds overlooking the Connecticut Valley, Connecticut River and Mount Tom. 



THE NORTHERN GATEWAY TO SPRINGFIELD. 





View to the Connecticut River, City of Chicopee, Mount Tom and Mount Holyoke ranges from Meeting 
House Hill. A portion of the picturesque country seen from Springfield Country Club. 



MOUNT TOM, 1218 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 




MT TOM, between Holyoke and Northampton, Bhowing electric railway to the Summit House. View in 
corner shows electric car passing through rock out. The ride through West Springfield to Mountain Park, Holyoke, 
then by electric cars to the Summit House on Mount Tom cannot he surpassed anywhere. Return via Northampton 
and Amherst, the garden -puts nf Hampshire County, thence ovei the Mount Holyoke range, and you will surely say 
"Unequalled." 



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SUMMIT HOUSE, MT. TOM. Most popular resort of the kind in all New England. Nothing like it any- 
where. The views from the Summit House are more diversified and beautiful than those from any mountain in the 
world. On clear days objects 85 miles distant can be seen. 



THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FOR YACHTING. 



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I ENDING OF I'lll. SPRINGFIELD STACHT CLUB AND SPRINGFIELD CANOE CLUB, a1 fool of 
Elm Street, Court Square Extension. Over two hundred yachts, power boats and canoes arc owned lure for river 
enjoj ment. 



U. S. GOVERNMENT PRESERVE FOR CANOEING. 




THE PICTURESQUE WATERSHOPS POND, AT INTERNATIONAL Y. M. C. A. TRAINING SCHOOL. 
A paradise for canoeing, bathing, fishing and skating. This beautiful sheet of water right in the city limits extends for 
about five miles, with numerous coves heavily bordered with pine trees its entire length. It is owned by the United 
States Government, but can be freely used by all. For canoeing it is the most popular place in Springfield, several 
hundred canoeists using it during the summer season. 




I\ FOREST PARK. 

isic Mr..,,k and Barney Estate on the Connecticut River at southerly entrance to SPRINGFIELD. 
Reached l.v trollej from busy Main Street in ten minutes. 




IN FOREST PARK. 

A glimpse of the skating pond on Meadow Drive through the lake region. There are fifteen miles of drives 
and walks in this park alone. 




I\ FOREST PARK AT THE ZOO, ONE OF THE POPULAR FEATURES 

Mi' exhibit here comprises over twentj species of animals and there are 130 specimens. Thegreal new attra- 
paii oi African Lions given the city by Stanford L. Haynes. 




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THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF THE ZOO AT FOREST PARK. 

At the right are the pheasant pens where can be seen six varieties and forty specimens. Beyond is the green- 
house, restaurant, the bear pit and wading pool. At the left are the prairie dogs, wolfs, foxes and eagles. 







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Where can I"- seen thirtj specimens, nao3l "t them being bred here. Adjoining can be found Elk and Buffalo 



THE LITTLE GRAY BEGGAR 

He comes without fail in the storm or the sun, 

And stands at my door every day, 
And patiently waits for the bounty I give, 

A bold little beggar in gray. 
He is as fat as a seal, and sleek as a mink. 

His fur coat is better than mine; 
And he carries a poncho rolled up on his back 

That in rain for protection is fine. 



He never says "Thank you," but takes all he gets, 

And when he's exhausted my store 
He folds o'er his stomach his tiny gray paws, 

Pathetically begging for more. 
His favorite nut is the pecan, but now 

He is getting so lazy, alas! 
He wants them all cracked, or he buries each one 

In the dry withered leaves or the grass. 

He sits on the fence when his dinner is done 

And washes his face like a cat. 
Then by aerial railway returns to the tree 

Where no doubt he has furnished a flat. 
But the door-yard looks empty, dull, and forlorn, 

When he merrily scampers away, 
The squirrel that comes to the house to be fed, 

The dear little beggar in gray. — Minna Irving. 

Copyright, 1913, by Star Company. 




At hundreds of Springfield homes "Little Gray Beggars" are welcome visitors and their acts of vandalism arc 
overlooked for the pleasure they give. In Forest Park their wants are regularly looked after by the "City Fathers." 



SPRINGFIELD'S MOST PICTURESQUE THOROUGHFARE. 




VIEW IT STATE STREET, AT CORNER OF BYERS STREET 
Entrance to Armory Grounds on the lefl 
1 rom the banks of the Connecticut River State Streel extends the length of the city. In Colonial days il was 
the "Old Bay Path" and stane road to Boston. Beautiful Kims and Maples line its borders for miles. 

i q< i oited State- Armory, established here 118 years ago, gave Springfield the impetus for its present marvel- 
ous growth, and the Springfield rifle lia> made its fame world-wide The shops where the rifle is made are located in 
a beautiful park which is tree for visitors to enjoy. 



MILITARY STATION OF UNITED STATES. 




I'XITED STATES ARSENAL, Armory Grounds, State Street. Elevated 160 feet above Connecticut River, 
overlooking the city and facing the Berkshire Mountains it is a conspicuous landmark. 

The arsenal, built in 1846, is modeled after the East India house in London. Five hundred thousand rifles can 
be stored within its walls, and an equal number in other arsenals. 

The Springfield Rifle is the principal product of the Armory but the model of CAVALRY SWORD designed 
here has been approved by the Secretary of War and orders given to make 20,000. This number will equip the entire 
cavalry division of the United States Army. Experts say the new sword excels any sword made in the world. 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM U. S. ARSENAL— SOUTHWEST. 




SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, THE CITY IX A FOREST. 
Experts who plan ideal cities say there should be one live shade tree to every five inhabitants, Springfield 
i- the onlj New England city reaching this high standard. A city forester looks alter the 20,000 shade trees here 

thai moths and worms do not eorrupt them, 

\ glance a' these two views from the arsenal shows one how trees dominate Springfield's landscape. No matter 

in what direction you look it is always the same "a city with country blessings." 

This view looks to the -ei Hon between State Street ami Court Square and from the Armory to the river. The 

chusette Mutual Life Building, our leading skyscraper shows most prominent, Beyond at the right is seen the 
Count} Court House spire, First Church steeple and the Campanile towering 300 feet. 



BIRD'S-EYE VIEW FROM U. S. ARSENAL— NORTHWEST. 




SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, THE CITY IN A FOREST. 

Looking over the city from United States Arsenal Tower 160 feet above level of the Connecticut River, which 
flows along the City's entire length. Foot Hills of the Berkshire Mountains in the distance. 

Overtopping all is the beautiful CAMPANILE of Springfield's Classic Municipal Group, reaching skyward 
300 feet — the coming mecca for tourists. North from the CAMPANILE is seen prominently Forbes & Wallace 
Building, Myrick Building. Trinity Church and Hotel Kimball. At the extreme right is the factory of United States 
Envelope Company whose various plants produce over half of the envelopes used in the country. 



JUL 5 1913 

SPRINGFIELD'S HARBOR AT THE CIVIC CENTER. 




SPRING] [ELD'S RIVER FRONT AT COl RT SQ1 \i:i: EXTENSION SlND THE CIVIC CENT] R 
I I,, 3pringfield's harbor, the point of departun foi steamers to Riverside Park, four miles down th< 
li,. Springfield Vach1 Club and Springfield Canoe Club adjoin the steamboat w harf. 



Publisher's Noti I 

i institutions are pi. tured in a 
dealer cannot suppl) it, 1 will mail It for 17c. in stamps. 



1 in. field. In railroad fai ilitiei 

is entitled "PROGRESSIVE SPRINGFIELD." Ifyour 
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EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF SPRINGFIELD. 




MERRICK PARK AT STATE AXD CHESTNUT STREETS. 

In the foreground is the new CITY LIBRARY, costing $355,000 with a capacity for 500,000 books. At the 
left stands the monument by St. Gaudens of Deacon Samuel Chapin, one of the founders of SPRINGFIELD. Back 
of the library is the ART MUSEUM celebrated the world over for the valuable art collection of George Walter Yin- 
cent Smith. Beyond is the Science Museum. 

Springfield is the center of a region, having more endowed schools and colleges than any other section of equal 
area in the world. Over 25,000 young people from all over the country get their education in the Connecticut Valley, 



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